Nasties Rugby

The first match saw the John Jackson XV take on and beat Knox Old Boys. The John Jackson XV ran out comfortable winners but the boys from Knox kept going to the bitter end. In what was a tough match played with great spirit the John Jackson XV showed their class with their backs finishing off many good backline moves for tries.

The Nasties would like to thank Ian Frame and his team from Knox for making the effort to come to Porters for the match. Hopefully we will get to run out against you in the future. As always thanks to the referees and touchies who turned up to make the night a success.

The second match saw the home side take the field against The Old Grangonians better known as the "Old Boys". What followed was a fantastic, competitive game of Rugby with both sides playing good tough football. Fortunately there was no snow on the ground as both sides had chosen white as their prefered jersey colour.

The match kicked off with Justin Burgess providing further proof that eye hand coordination cannot be coached. With this put behind them the Nasties started to gain some good field position, after some good interpassing former tight head prop Scott Dalton crawled over the line for an early try outwide. The Nasties were looking good.

The Nasties continued to attack for the rest of the first period however continued indiscipline at the rucks cost them dearly, allowing The Old Boys easy yardage to get out of their territory. Nasties generosity extended further when The Old Boys tighthead prop rushed over from 30 yards for a try he could only dream of in years gone by!

The second stanza exploded into light when Nasty Mita and his smile took the park. Compensating for one of the lights which had given way under the pressure of the event.

With the Nasties boasting a squad of nearly 30 players, two new nasties were able to take the park. Welcome Hugh and Rob (though Rob has been with us from the start this was his first run). The squad numbers meant frequent substitutions which can make play fragmented but the Nasties held firm conceding just the single score to The Old Boys.

More good play from the nasties saw some real highlights. Hawko briefly reclaiming the number 10 jersey, Darren Flynn forgetting that in Rugby we use arms to tackle and Troy handing off to the massive Paul Hawke with the entire Chillean pack bearing down on him.

The third period saw more changes but not a let up in the physical nature of the match, The Old Boys once again scored the only try of the period (though some "desperate" goal line defence helped them out).

After the final whistle, jerseys were exchanged, speaches were made and beer was drunk well into the night with our South American friends.

Well done to all involved another great day for the Nasties. Onwards and upwards